Irvine delighted with progress of Everton's Anichebe

The forward is still available to England after ducking out of Saturday's friendly for Nigeria in London and Irvine told evertonTV: "Vic has made a huge impression and a big, big difference when he has come on. He is a handful, there's no doubt about that.

"When you have played for three quarters of the game against something different, then Victor comes on, it is a big challenge for defenders, especially in Europe where they may not know too much about him. Yet."